Burglars took everything from a valuable painting to the sound system from a rural church in Upper Moutere. Almost everything not nailed down had been taken from the main building of the at St Paul’s Lutheran Community Church in Upper Moutere, a rural settlement west of Nelson. Historic items and artworks, including a painting by Gottfried Lindauer, through to the church’s sound system were stolen. Supplied Gottfried Lindauer’s Crown of Thorns painting, one of the items stolen in the burglary, was commissioned for St Paul’s in 1875. Braden Fastier/Stuff The Lutheran Church in Upper Moutere was founded by German settlers in the 1850s.

Source: Stuff November 30, 2020 07:07 UTC